OS X Freezes and Beeps

Yesterday, my iMac froze and started beeping. Turned it off and back on, and then today it did the same thing again.
System Info says the RAM is OK, and an extended hardware test says that no problems were found in any of the hardware. So, I really don't know what it could be since as far as the software seems to be concerned, the hardware is fine.

Usually, this happens when there's a problem with the RAM - even though System Info says the RAM is fine.
If you have two DIMMs, take out one - then the other - to see if the problem persists. Then, unseat both DIMMs and reseat them. (Also, sometimes, if you have two different DIMM configurations (like 2GB &4GB) in the same computer, this can cause system irregularities.)
In any case, the standard solution to this is to take out your old RAM and replace it with new.

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Highly unlikely that this would be a battery problem.
Take it back to the store - I hope it is not too far - and tell them that whatever they did, did not resolve the issue. Calm, cool, collected demeanor is your friend here. Best thing is that any physical repair done by the store comes with it's own 90 day warranty, so if you paid for it once, you should not have to pay for it again.
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Take it to Apple and ask them. They are the only ones that can tell you.
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I just bought brand new memory (2x 8GB) from OWC and installed it about 4 days ago. I also just installed an MCE Optibay 256 SSD yesterday. I cloned the OS to the new SSD, and run my home folder from the HDD now. All file copying was done using Carbon Copy Cloner, latest version. I left it copying some other files from a separate external HDD last night and when I woke up this morning, the MBP was frozen and beeping in groups of three. Restarted and it worked fine for a few hours then did it again. Restarted and then I got about 5 mins of operation before it froze/beeped again. I then reseated the memory and reset the PRAM and SMC, which gave me a good few hours of freeze/beep free operation. Then I got the freeze beeps again, but this time with artifacts on the screen (see vid: http://youtu.be/iRJ7jUNQXno).
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Sorry for not adequately reading your original post. If nothing showed up on memtest ( the same as Kelley Computing - Rember), then the modules are okay. How many walks did you perform? This isn't a RAM problem based on rereading your original post and watching that video. Yes, the start up beeps are different from randomly beeping machine already booted - the start up beeps are indication of components not passing the initial integrity check upon boot.
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